M4.5 earthquake 281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia on Wed, Apr 22, 1987, 9:25 PM GMT+9 (12:25 UTC), 98 km (61 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 252 km W of Tual, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-04-22 12:25:16 UTC
- Depth
- 97.6 km (60.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.481° S, 130.357° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Banda Sea · 14400 days ago · 192 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.2252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14400 days ago · 149 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.0206 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14396 days ago · 82 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.4Banda Sea · 14392 days ago · 121 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5293 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14390 days ago · 110 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.9280 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14385 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.0292 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14372 days ago · 100 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.3252 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14366 days ago · 138 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.2244 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14363 days ago · 151 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.1282 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia · 14349 days ago · 112 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.6219 km W of Tual, Indonesia · 14345 days ago · 77 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00034cb. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.